IM Project Manager Quality Digitisation and Process Excellen in GE

IM Project Manager Quality Digitisation and Process Excellen in GE

Job Description

The Project Manager is the primary owner for the IT platform consolidation and digitisation strategy and process improvement projects supporting the quality functions. This person is responsible for strategy, design, implementation and support activities for the Digital Manufacturing Record Book initiative and the Quality Tools consolidation projects.

Acts as primary liaison to quality functional managers globally and as subject matter expert for assigned area processes and supporting applic

Essential Responsibilities

Owns digital manufacturing record book (DMRB) digitisation platform strategy, project execution and operational excellence 

Manages end-to-end scope and delivery plan for project execution across DMRB solution. Partners with quality to manage all aspects of one or more projects from initiation through closure. 

Drives forward and manages the global quality tool consolidation projects working across functions such as Engineering, Services and Manufacturing 

Works in partnership with global quality functional leaders to deliver leaning and process excellence within quality and failure analysis and testing. 

Develops and implements comprehensive project plans, encompassing project team structure and resource assignment, implementation, testing and training plans, creation of a control plan identifying both business process metrics and IT platform quality requirements and ensuring successful transition to support and maintenance teams 

Creates actionable risk and issue tracking mechanism for all risks/issues, including time, budget, scope, and associated plans to contain an/or mitigate; escalate as needed 

Identifies critical path decisions, makes recommendations and influences program leaders and business process owners to maximize project payback 

Manages daily activities, issue resolution and communication across project execution teams in order to deliver projects on-time, on-budget, as-requested by customer 

Facilitates all testing, including end-to-end testing, assist source and target teams with testing and validation activities as needed 

Delivers all required documentation, including system requirements, interface requirements (IRS), and necessary validation deliverables 

Manages all costs associated with project(s). This includes S2 planning and budget tracking/reporting 

Delivers appropriate communications and status updates to all stakeholders 

Manages resources to meet program excellence and operational excellence goals

Job Requirements

Degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or related technical discipline or equivalent experience

Minimum five years IT experience of which two years should be in project management or equivalent 

Demonstrated project management skills including project initiation, scoping, resourcing, scheduling, budgeting, risk management and communication 

Demonstrated ability to excel in a global matrix organization 

Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to interface and influence at all levels in the organization; You will be able to communicate effectively where English is not the first language

Business focused problem solver 

Understanding of IT technologies and how to apply them • Ability to see the 'bigger picture' and maximize the overall value of IT service delivery; demonstrated history resolving conflicts in priority 

Experience with process quality methodology 

Strong leadership skills

Desired Characteristics

Six Sigma or Lean experience (Green Belt/ Black Belt certified) 

APM or other Project Management qualification 

Experience with Oracle ASCP/ Quality IT tools